[Bug 1405791] [NEW] Can't boot on Ubuntu 14.10 on Asus EeeBook X205

[Andrew Clausen]

Public bug reported:

I can't boot Ubuntu 14.10 (64-bit desktop) on the Asus EeeBook X205,
which is a new model of netbook.

The UEFI firmware recognises the DVD, and it seems to do quite a lot of
IO before giving up, and returning to the firmware screen.  I disabled
SecureBoot (which involves asking the UEFI firmware to remove all keys,
etc. from the NVRAM, which is a one-way operation apparently!), but that
didn't help.

The SHA256SUMS match, so the DVD isn't faulty.  If I use Qemu on my
desktop machine with a UEFI firmware, then I can get as far as Grub.  (I
used the command  qemu-system-x86_64 -bios OVMF.fd -cdrom /dev/sr2)

I don't see any way to get a UEFI shell up.

** Affects: shim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Can't boot on Ubuntu 14.10 on Asus EeeBook X205

Status in shim package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I can't boot Ubuntu 14.10 (64-bit desktop) on the Asus EeeBook X205,
  which is a new model of netbook.

  The UEFI firmware recognises the DVD, and it seems to do quite a lot
  of IO before giving up, and returning to the firmware screen.  I
  disabled SecureBoot (which involves asking the UEFI firmware to remove
  all keys, etc. from the NVRAM, which is a one-way operation
  apparently!), but that didn't help.

  The SHA256SUMS match, so the DVD isn't faulty.  If I use Qemu on my
  desktop machine with a UEFI firmware, then I can get as far as Grub.
  (I used the command  qemu-system-x86_64 -bios OVMF.fd -cdrom /dev/sr2)

  I don't see any way to get a UEFI shell up.

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